River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-17

WORKERS Inc necessity OF procuring arms before
the inauguration Of the proposed ght-hour
strike IN order 10 be in position OF meeting
our zoe with his own argumeut-fOrce."
a meeting was held in April, lsSi. To cc1ouncs
the new Board OF Trade Parsons said: Ii we
would achieve our Liberation from economic
bondage and acquire our naIural rights 10 life
ana liberty, every man must lay by part Of
his wages, BUY Colt navy revolver, a Win
chester rife. and learn how TO make and use
dynamite. Then raise the flag OF rebellion. the
scarlet banner or liberty, fraternity, equality,
and strike down to the earth every tyrant that
lives upon this globe" tCheers and cries:
1--WE Ia CommuneF'l
Parsons made speech on the lake front in
July, lso5; He was Speaking in a general
way about trouble with the work ing-men IND the
people, what he called the proletariat class. and
spoke about their enemies. as he termed them
the police and the constituted authorities. He
said that they were their enemies. and that they
would use force against them. The authorities
would use the police ana the militia, and they
would have 70 use force against them. He adj
vised them 10 purchase rifles II they hadn
money enough 10 buy rifles, 10 buy pistols;
and II they eouldnt buy pistols, they could
buy sufficient dynamite for twenty-five cents TO
blow up building the size OF the Pullman
Building, and pointed TO il
At a meeting IN Or efs Hall, IN August,
ISIS. Parsons said, in regard TO the street-car
strike: If but one shot had beel fired and
Bonteid had happened 10 be shot, the whole
city would have been deluged in blood and the
social revolution would have been inaugu-
rated"
On February %, 1885, Parsons made n soeeeh
at Baum's Pavilion, in which he said: II want
you all TO unite together and throw OF the woke
We need no Presiden1, no Congressman no
leeches sucking The blood OF the poor who
have to support them by their labor. / say to
you, rise, one and all, and let US exterminate
them all. Woe TO the police or the militia
whom they send against Us"
At ameeting IN Market Square, in April, 1885,
Parsons made speech 10 a company OF work
ing-men in which he said: 1t is no use of ar
guing we will never gain any thing by argu-
menJ and words. The only way 10 convince
these capitalists and robbers is 10 use the gun
Fielden, on March %, 1885. said at a meeting
in Grief's Hall: "A few explosions in the city
OF Chicago would help the cause" In regard
10 the Board OF Trade, he said, az the same
time: I'VE ought TO commence by blowing that
up"
Fielden on March f. 1885 made in a speech
hall, corner OF Randolph and Desplaines
streets, very near the Haymarket and said:
I'VE are told that we must attain our ends and
aims by ohtying law and order Damn law and
Orderi We have Obeyed law and order long
enough The time has come for you, men, 10
strangle the law or the law VIII strange YOU"
Fielden, at a meeting al Ogdens Grove June
Z, 1879, said: II want all 10 organize.
When l say organize. ] mean for you to use
force. = IS no use for the working people 10
hope gain any thing by means OF the ordi-
nary weapons. Every one OF you must learn
the use OF dynamite, for that IS the power with
whiehwe hope 10 gam our rights"
In the fan OF 1885 Fielden said at meeting
at the lake front: Force should be used
against the rich. the wealthy and the men who
had means The existing order OF society
should be destroyed-aunihilated- as nc
other redress could be had peaceaby they
were justified in using force and violence"
Flelden said in special speech made Jan
uary H. 1856: 1t IS quite true that we have
lots OF explosives and dynamite in our posses
sion, and we will not hesitate 10 use il when
the proper time comes. We care nothing either
for the military or the police, for these are in
the pay OF the CAPITALISTS.
Fielden, on December 20 1885. in Twelfth
Street Turner Hail, said: II hope soon TO see
few Lis as tthe man who murdered the Chief
Of Police OF Frankfort and was hanged for it,
in the United States put out of the way a
few Of the tools Of cap a."
Engel. in February, 1886, at No. 703 Milwau.
them (him and his fre1dsl to save up three or
Tour dollars 10 buy reFolyers TO shoot every pO-
Hceman down"
About the same time, at So Clvbourne ave-
nue., Engel said: Those who could not arm
themselves, and could not buy reVoIvers~ should
buy dynamite; that it was very cheap, and
The Alarm, Parsons paper. contained this on
October Is, 1884: "One man armed with dyna-
mite bomb is equal TO a regiment of militia,
when IL is used at the right time and place. An.
archists are of the opinion that the bayonet and
Calling gun will cut but sorry part IN the
cial revolution
April IS, 1885 two weeks before the Haymar-
ket: THE moment the abolition Of a govern
ment is suggested the mind pictures the up
rising OF hundred little despOtic governments
on every hand, Quarrelng among themselves,
and domlneering over the unoTganized people.
This fact suggests the idea that the present
governments must be destroyed, only in
manner that VIII prevent the org AMI
cation or rise Of any and all other
governments, whether it be a government
OF three men or three hundred millions. No
government can exist without head, and by
assassinating the head just as fast govern
ment head appears, the government can be de-
stToyed, and by this same process all other gov
ernments can be kept out Of existence.
Assassination VIII remove the evil from the
face of the earth. Assassination.
properly applied, is wise, just, humane and
brave"
November Is, 1884, the paper said: Dynamite
is the emancpator! In the hands OF The en-
shaved, IL cries aloud; Justice or annihilationH
But, best of all, the working-men are not only
earning its use-they are going 10 uce it.
Hail to the social revolution! Han to the deliv-
erer-dynamite,"
Feb 81 1885: Let US bear in mind the fact
that here in America, as elsewhere, the worker
is held IN economic bondage by the use OF force;
and its employment, therefore becomes u ne
cessity 10 his emancirauonN
Jan. 9, 1885; Where there once WIS mill.
tary body Of men publicly organized whose
strength could be easily ascertaineG referring
to the Lehr und Weir Nerein, which was
armed and by State law prohibited from using
arms, there exists an organization now whose
strength can not be estimated-a network OF
destructive agencies, of a modern military
character, that Will defy any and all attempts
Of suppression"
The same paper on November ]. 1884. said:
How can all this be done? Simply by making
ourselves masters of the use Of dynamite, then
declaring we VIII make no further clam 10 own.
ership in any thing, ana deny every other per
sons right TO be the owner of an thing and
admin ster instant death. by any and all means
to any and every person who attempts to con-
tinue TO claim personal ownership in any thing.
This method, and this alone, can relieve this
world of this Internal master called the right
OF property Our war is not against
men but against systems; vet we must pre-
pare to kill men who viii. try to defeat ON
cause, or we strive IN vain
In the same issue: "Dynamitel OF all the
good stun, this is the stan. Stud several
pounds of this sublime stun into an iuch-pipe
(gas or water pipel, plug up both ends insert a
cap with a fuse attached, place this in the i'm.
mediate neighborhOod of lot Of rich loafers,
who live by the sweat OF other peoples brOws,
and light the fuse. A most cheerful and graft
flying result viii follow 4 pound OF
this good stun beats bushel OF ballots al
hollow, and don't YOU forget it,
November 90 1884, again: Nothing but an
uprising of the people and bursting open of
all stores and storohouses to the Gree access OF
every one wno opposes. will relieve the world
S %ssesr internal nightmare Of property and
January 10, 1886: Seeing the amount of
needless suffering all about US. we say vigor-
Gus use OF dynamite is both humane and !
economical. 1t viii, at the expense OF less sui
fering, prevent more. II IS upon this theory
that we advocate the use of dynamite. II IS
clearly more humane to blow ten men into
eternity than to make ten men starve 10
death"
December G. 1891: zone dynamite bomb,
properly placed, viii destroy regiment OF sol.
diers-a weapon easily made ana carried W tn |
perfect safety in the pockets OF ones cloth ug.
The First regiment may as well d1sDand for II
it should ever level its guns upon the working
men of Chicago, II can be totally annihilated.'
The AFbeitsr- ZsitLng, of which August Spies
was manager, contained the following on Satur- +
day, May J. three days before the Haymarlxet
meeting: "Ciean your guns. complete your
ammunition. The hired murderers of the capt /
talists, the pol ce and militia, are ready to /
murder. No nottingham should leave his !
house ia these days with empty pockets
April 90, 1886. that paper said: "A wage-slave (
who is not utterly demoralized should always F
have a breech-loadCr and ammunition in his T
house"
NATIONAL CROP REPORT.
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